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Hi my name is Jackie and i live in Devon. Last Sept i got an allotment after waiting just over a year, at the time i wondered how i would fit it in to my busy life, as a mum to 5 kids (4 grown up sons and one 11 year old daughter and grandma of one ) i was also carer to my sister little did i know that my very brave sister would pass away at the beginning of Oct after battling cancer for 6 years.
The allotment became my way of dealing with the loss as we were very close. At the moment I'm struggling as i have a frozen shoulder but my husband helps and one of my sons is going to help dig it over. I have planted broad beans, onions and a mix of herbs all doing well and red onions and shallot's beginning to appear.
My potatoes are chitting and i have a selection of seeds at the ready, all we need now is the gales to pass and my family wont see me for dust!
I get my enthusiasm from my dad who was a keen gardener and although he died when i was six i can remember spending a lot of time with in the garden.
Well that's enough about me. Jackie
The allotment became my way of dealing with the loss as we were very close. At the moment I'm struggling as i have a frozen shoulder but my husband helps and one of my sons is going to help dig it over. I have planted broad beans, onions and a mix of herbs all doing well and red onions and shallot's beginning to appear.
My potatoes are chitting and i have a selection of seeds at the ready, all we need now is the gales to pass and my family wont see me for dust!
I get my enthusiasm from my dad who was a keen gardener and although he died when i was six i can remember spending a lot of time with in the garden.
Well that's enough about me. Jackie
I think it probably saved my sanity though, still does infact. I have a big back problem (amongst other things!), but there are so many jobs to do on the plot, that I just swap jobs if I get a twinge, so as not to strain anything. I'm sure you'll do fine.
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